The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The attack came very suddenly, and Tuoba Qingshou's reaction was quick. After all, he was born on the battlefield. What kind of danger has he never seen before?The experience of escaping from death several times made Tuoba Qingshou practice the courage to be invariable. The initial panic lasted for less than a breath, and the next moment Tuoba Qingshou made the most correct reaction.

It was too late to draw out the sword to block, the sword light was in front of him in an instant, Tuoba Qingshou fell sideways, and the surrounding soldiers thought that the master would be stabbed by the sword and fell to the ground; amidst the exclamation, a burst of dust flew all over the sky But when Tuoba Qingshou fell to the ground, he quickly grabbed a handful of sand and threw it towards the assassin's face.

The man pierced the air with his sword, and there was another cloud of dust in front of him. He quickly waved his sleeve to cover his eyes, but the sword in his hand didn't stop at all. Although he couldn't see the opponent's position, the direction of the stabbing was extremely correct. It was Tuoba Qingshou. back position.

Tuoba Qingshou dodged the first sword, and the second sword became much calmer, rolling several times on the spot, the tip of the sword repeatedly pierced the sandy ground he rolled over, making piercing and piercing sounds.

Suddenly there was a scream, a soldier of the Xia army was hit by a sword, and his armored chest was pierced in several places, blood spurted out, and then the lifeless body flew up and rushed straight to the assassin's face , the assassin flew up and kicked the corpse several feet away, rolling and falling to the ground.

At the same time, Tuoba Qingshou had already pulled out the scimitar from his waist and held it in front of him. Just now, he did not hesitate to hold a soldier to block several blows, but now he finally had a moment to draw the sword in his hand, and the crisis was finally over.

The dust dissipated, and the burly assassin stood with his sword in his hand. He also knew that he had missed the chance to kill Tuoba Qingshou with one blow, and there was no chance to kill Tuoba Qingshou again. , surrounded him.

Tuoba Qingshou shouted loudly: "Who are you?"

The assassin laughed and said, "It's your luck that you, a Xixia dog, were able to escape from Lao Tzu's attack. If I change my name or sit down or change my surname, it's the commander Ge Huaimin who was deployed in Weizhou, Song Dynasty."

Tuoba Qingshou was overjoyed, this person turned out to be a senior officer of the Song Army, but for some reason he assassinated him here alone, but he didn't have to think about it too much, it was also a credit for the Song Army to escape and capture their leader. Better than nothing.

"It turned out to be General Ge. The confrontation between the two armies is a fair and honest fight. You are hiding on this roof to assassinate. What kind of skill is this? How come none of your men are missing? Did they leave you and run away?"

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. If I have the ability to fight with me alone, I want to see how capable the Xixia dog is."

Tuoba Qingshou said with a gloomy face: "It's ridiculous, who is fighting alone with you here, you are the defeated general, it is serious to surrender quickly, if you can tell the situation of Weizhou's defense, maybe you can save your life , otherwise you won't survive a cup of tea."

Ge Huaimin looked up to the sky and laughed, staring and cursing: "Being your mother's spring and autumn dream." As soon as the words fell, he jumped up in the air, and the long sword in his hand swung a huge sword flower and stabbed at Tuoba Qingshou.

Tuoba Qingshou shouted loudly: "It's taken."

Immediately several Xia Bing rushed forward with horizontal swords, blocking Ge Huaimin's way, Ge Huaimin slashed and stabbed with his sword and injured two people in the blink of an eye; , life or death."

More Xia soldiers swarmed up, entangled Ge Huaimin in the middle. Ge Huaimin was not weak in martial arts. He pointed the long sword in his hand, slashed and stabbed, and he killed and injured more than ten people in a short while; One person, in exchange for a wound on the body, although it is not fatal, but there are blood from several wounds all over the body, and he has become an out-and-out blood man.

After several rounds of fighting, Ge Huaimin was shot and stabbed in the body, the gunshot wound was several inches deep under the ribs, and the knife wound was deep enough to see the bone in the left arm, all of which were serious injuries.After receiving this serious injury, his body gradually lost control, and his footsteps became sluggish, and then he was hacked several times with random knives, and he was no longer able to fight.

Knowing that his time limit had come, Ge Huaimin suddenly let out a loud roar, and slashed the throat of a Xia Bing with his sword, but at the same time, his heart felt cold, followed by an unspeakable stabbing pain that seemed to go deep into his soul. When he looked down, But he saw the tip of a knife protruding from his chest, dripping with blood.

"Your majesty... Can Ge Huaimin serve the country loyally today? Han Shuai... Can you forgive me for his humble position?" Ge Huaimin shouted, blood dripping all over his body like a ghost.

"Kill him, kill him quickly." Tuoba Qingshou ordered loudly outside the crowd.

Hearing Tuoba Qingshou's voice, Ge Huaimin suddenly opened his eyes wide, and with the last of his strength, he threw the long sword in his hand, the long sword pierced through the air and went straight to Tuoba Qingshou's door, Tuoba Qingshou didn't dare He swung the saber in a slow stroke and knocked the long sword several feet away; at the same time, dozens of knives and guns pierced into Ge Huaimin's body at the same time.

Xia Jun was still afraid that he was not dead, so he came forward to chop up Ge Huaimin's body with a knife. Tuoba Qingshou didn't stop shouting, and quickly stepped forward, slapped the soldiers who were chopping randomly, and cursed: "The man is dead, spoil him!" What is the body for? This person is worthy of respect for his bravery and fearlessness, if it weren't for the fact that the enemy and us are different, I would really like to make friends with him, so I can sort it out and bring it to King Yeli to tell."

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A small Dingchuan village was supposed to be trampled down by the Xixia cavalry in a short while, but it blocked the Xixia army for nearly three hours. At dawn, the Yeliwangrong troops of the left army arrived at the mountain pass, and it was already time At the end of the battle, it will be considered the end when the opponent voluntarily abandons the village and leaves. The Song army relied on the weak wall and this low hillside to kill and injure more than [-] people from the Xia army at the cost of hundreds of people. This is simply a great shame.

Yeli Wangrong gritted his teeth and stared at the straight corpse in front of him, but he knew that no one else could be blamed. No matter how brave the Song army was, it was only the Song army, not a beast. The fundamental reason for the defeat in this battle was that he underestimated the enemy.

Not only himself, there is a general thought of underestimating the enemy in the entire Daxia Army, otherwise, why would the four thousand cavalry in Yuande not be able to take down this city, but many soldiers were killed and wounded; And in the hearts of many Daxia soldiers, the Song Army is not worth mentioning at all, so after the Song Army suddenly resorted to various tricks, they couldn't deal with it and could only be beaten.

During the delay of nearly three hours, the [-] cavalry on the right led by Ye Li Yuqi also blocked for a long time. Fortunately, it was his own brother who led the troops and secretly sent someone to inform him of the situation, so he would not come Laughing at his stupidity, if Li Yuanhao found out, he would probably take this matter as his own shame from now on.

Tuoba Qingshou sent 300 cavalry to chase and kill the fleeing Dingchuan Village Song Army. Although more than [-] Song Army soldiers were beheaded along the way, most of the Song Army chose the thorny rice fields with ravines and thorns. Entering, you can only look and sigh; there are more than a dozen Xia soldiers who have made meritorious service and eagerly rode their horses on these difficult trails, but they were killed by the Song army instead.

None of this was a big deal, but to Yeli Wangrong's dismay, the soldiers who chased him back brought news that gave him a headache. There was another fortress more than ten miles ahead. It is called Liu Xunbao, and the army conquered and burned it a few months ago, but it is unknown when the Song people rebuilt it.

The terrain of Liu Xunbao is not dangerous. After passing the Dingchuan village, there is no more dangerous terrain. The reason why we chose to set up a village here is because a river runs across it, and it is the melting snow from the northern foot of Longshan Mountain. A narrow river formed, flowing into Jingshui from west to east.

And Liu Xunbao was built on the south bank of a river beach with the smoothest water flow. The Daxia cavalry had to cross this river when they went south to Weizhou, either by building a bridge, ferrying, or riding directly across the river; Naturally, it is not considered unless it is absolutely necessary. That is because, although it is not difficult, if a 10,000+ army crosses the river and builds a bridge, it will take no less than a hundred ships, and at least a hundred ships will be enough, otherwise it will take a long time to cross the river. A year and a half.

To sum up, it is the easiest and easiest way to choose a river with gentle water and not too deep to cross it on horseback, but the location of Liu Xunbao is the best place to cross the river. Obviously this is another nail.

When Ye Liwangrong's left army marched to the north of Liuxunbao, the Song army on the wall of Liuxunbao was already in full battle. Not only that, but there were faint figures of Song army archers behind the slope on the other side; Obviously, the Song Army has already made preparations. Once the Xia Army starts wading across the river, they will be greeted by locusts like rain.